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RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES ACROSS PAKISTAN AN EVALUATION STUDY ON AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).11      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).11      Published : Jun 2

Research & Development Practices Across Pakistan: An Evaluation Study on Affiliated Institutions

Abstract

    Higher education plays a vital role in developing the knowledge economy and producing skilled workers to empower human resources for the country. Like many other developing countries, Pakistan is struggling hard to improve the quality of higher education for sustainable development and participation in global progress. Since the last decade, Higher Education Commission Pakistan is committed to upgrading the quality of education, and for this purpose, HEC has designed Minimum Quality Standards (MQS) to assure quality for affiliated institutions. The main objective of the study was to evaluate R&D practices in affiliated institutions of Pakistan. The study was descriptive in nature, and a questionnaire based on Minimum Quality Standards was used to collect data from faculty members (n-168) of 28 affiliated institutions by using multistage sampling. The results indicated that affiliated colleges of two provinces, Punjab and Khyber Pohutukawa, were better in research and development practices than the institutions of Sindh and Baluchistan.

    Quality, Standards, Affiliated colleges, Research & Development

    (1) Allah Wasaya Babar
    PhD Scholar, Department of Educational Training, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Shakir
    Associate Professor, Department of Educational Training, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Afaf Manzoor
    Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Babar, A. W., Shakir, M., & Manzoor, A. (2021). Research & Development Practices Across Pakistan: An Evaluation Study on Affiliated Institutions. Global Social Sciences Review, VI(II), 101-111. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).11

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Babar, Allah Wasaya, Muhammad Shakir, and Afaf Manzoor. 2021. "Research & Development Practices Across Pakistan: An Evaluation Study on Affiliated Institutions." Global Social Sciences Review, VI (II): 101-111 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).11

HARVARD

    HARVARD : BABAR, A. W., SHAKIR, M. & MANZOOR, A. 2021. Research & Development Practices Across Pakistan: An Evaluation Study on Affiliated Institutions. Global Social Sciences Review, VI, 101-111.

MHRA

    MHRA : Babar, Allah Wasaya, Muhammad Shakir, and Afaf Manzoor. 2021. "Research & Development Practices Across Pakistan: An Evaluation Study on Affiliated Institutions." Global Social Sciences Review, VI: 101-111

MLA

    MLA : Babar, Allah Wasaya, Muhammad Shakir, and Afaf Manzoor. "Research & Development Practices Across Pakistan: An Evaluation Study on Affiliated Institutions." Global Social Sciences Review, VI.II (2021): 101-111 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Babar, Allah Wasaya, Shakir, Muhammad, and Manzoor, Afaf (2021), "Research & Development Practices Across Pakistan: An Evaluation Study on Affiliated Institutions", Global Social Sciences Review, VI (II), 101-111

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Babar, Allah Wasaya, Muhammad Shakir, and Afaf Manzoor. "Research & Development Practices Across Pakistan: An Evaluation Study on Affiliated Institutions." Global Social Sciences Review VI, no. II (2021): 101-111. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).11